Premiership
This is where you will find all of The Rugby Paper’s Premiership news, interviews, reports, opinion and other content.
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoRoebuck aims to rise high for Sale
By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW... Sale v Leicester Today. Kick-off 3pm, AJ Bell Stadium IN-FORM Sale winger Tom Roebuck hopes to help...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoI’m proud we stuck together, says Leicester’s Montoya
By PAUL REES Julian Montoya, who leads Leicester in today’s Premiership playoff semi-final at Sale, is proud the team stuck together...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoCarpenter washes stress away
By PAUL REES SALE full-back Joe Carpenter only made his Premiership debut in October, but he starts today’s semifinal and has...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoToo many matches had no real meaning to them
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Now, as we reflect and are drawing closer to the end of...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoAshton one of the greats – Cueto
Mark Cueto has paid tribute to former international teammate and soon-to-retire winger Chris Ashton, and his unique ability to finish off...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoSeries 2 Episode 18 – Mark Cueto on Sale Sharks, Martin Johnson, the England back three and more
In a wonderfully chaotic episode of the Rugby Paper Podcast, host Ollie Little and columnists Nick Cain, Brendan Gallagher and Chris...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoTop flight to be cut down to 10 teams
By PAUL REES The Premiership is set to be reduced to 10 teams as it looks to become more financially viable....
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoLawes in the mood to finish on a high
By PAUL REES Courtney Lawes has set his sights on finishing what has been a frustrating season for last year’s England...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoBeaumont predicts a physical encounter
By JON NEWCOMBE Josh Beaumont refuses to read too much into statistics as Sale prepare to welcome Leicester to Salford on...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoSpencer: Fire to play for England still burns
By TOM BRADSHAW Ben Spencer smiles and says nothing when asked whether the England coaches have been in touch. Sometimes actions...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoGopperth to leave Leicester
Jimmy Gopperth will leave Leicester at the end of the season. The 39-year-old New Zealander is the oldest player in the...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoLawrence pounces to grab Cup place
By PAUL REES Bath ..................................... 61 pts Tries: Reid 2, Dunn 12, 51, 54; Obano 33, 42; Cloete 49, Bailey 73,...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoVan Graan praises ‘incredible’ triumph
Johann van Graan hailed his Bath players after Ollie Lawrence’s 83rd-minute try earned a team that has spent most of the...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoBears win but find the honey has gone
By ROGER PANTING Bristol ................................ 36pts Tries: Naulago 10, Thacker 15, Bradbury 48, Radradra 56, 72 Conversions: MacGinty 10, 15, 56,...
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Premiership
/ 3 years ago‘I’ve seen a lot of good this season’
Bristol boss Pat Lam said he has seen ‘a lot of good’ this season despite the disappointment of missing out on...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoRed for Ashton as Quins hold on
By ROB WILDMAN Leicester ...........................17pts Tries: Montoya 15, Reffell 76 Conversions: Pollard 15, Gopperth 76 Penalties: Pollard 45 Harlequins ........................20pts Tries:...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoWigglesworth: Today, Chris wrote the wrong headlines
Leicester boss Richard Wigglesworth said he felt great sympathy for the plight of Chris Ashton. “Decisions are so close these days,”...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoSale get in the mood for Tigers showdown
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Sale .................................... 54pts Tries: Roebuck 8, James 19, 78; Curry 31, Rodd 43, Quirke 55, Penalty 69, Reed...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoTuilagi: It’s only a flesh wound
Sale director of rugby Alex Sanderson says Manu Tuilagi will be fit for the semi-final after the England centre left the...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoJoy for Kidney as Gonzalez seals it
By GARY FIZGERALD London Irish.....................17pts Tries: Gonzalez 26, 71; Pearson 62 Conversions: Jackson 27 Exeter .................................14pts Tries: Vermeulen 21, Hendrickson 64...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoHepher: We saw plenty of fight
Chiefs coach Ali Hepher felt his side showed plenty of “fight” in their last game of the season without getting the...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoIrish going in the right direction – Rogerson
By PAUL REES Matt Rogerson is confident that the wage upheaval which last week threatened London Irish’s match against Exeter yesterday...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoSaracens close in on England wing Watson
Saracens are growing increasingly confident that Anthony Watson will continue his career in the Premiership by joining them next season. The...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoHooper calls time after 15 years at club
Stuart Hooper will leave Bath this summer after 15 years as a player and coach at the Premiership club. “I’ll always...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoBlackett ready to fire up Bath attack
By JON NEWCOMBE New Bath recruit Lee Blackett says his time away from the Premiership has enriched him as an attack...
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International Rugby
/ 3 years agoHawkins ruled out by 25-cap restriction
By PETER JACKSON Wales are on the verge of banning Joe Hawkins from international selection following an investigation into his transfer...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoLawes, Tuilagi provide boost for England
Courtney Lawes has rejected offers from abroad to sign a new deal with Northampton. The 34-year-old England forward, who has 97...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoMoon enjoying hard work as he aims to help Saints to the title
By PAUL REES Alex Moon is looking to cap what he feels is his best season for Northampton by helping the...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoBarnes welcomes Champ clubs in Prem Cup
By BEN JAYCOCK The Premiership Cup will involve Championship teams next season and Hartpury director of rugby John Barnes believes it’s...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoSharks in the market for Wallaby Latu
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Sale Sharks could bring bad boy Tolu Latu to the Premiership this summer after he...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoVersatile prop gets hand from Genge & Sinckler
By LUKE JARMYN Bristol's Rhys Charalambous believes spending time with Ellis Genge and Kyle Sinckler this season is helping to drive...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoSanderson annoyed by Ashman’s move north
By PAUL REES Alex Sanderson is unhappy with the departure of Ewan Ashman to Edinburgh next season, adamant the hooker would...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoLet’s hope this new-look Cup has meaning
So the Premiership Cup is to remuster in yet another guise this autumn as a joint competition with the Championship sides...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoWe need to rebuild in the north
By ROSS HEPPENSTALL A radical move to bring together Sale Sharks with Newcastle Falcons – and potentially Doncaster or Leeds Tykes...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoPremiership-Championship Cup confirmed
The addition of Championship teams to the Premiership Rugby Cup, first reported in The Rugby Paper on 9th April, has been...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoAtkinson enjoying life at Gloucester
By PAUL REES Seb Atkinson is ending the season on a high having feared his career might be over just as...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoExit for Wilson
Mark Wilson will leave Newcastle Falcons’ coaching team at the end of the current season, as revealed on Blindside earlier this...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoMcGuigan set for coach job
Sale winger Byron McGuigan will retire at the end of the season and move on to the club’s coaching staff. The...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoI’m quicker, stronger and better, says Lynagh
By GARY FITZGERALD Louis Lynagh claims he has returned from his injury nightmare “quicker, stronger and better than ever”. And the...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoSanderson backs his ‘squadfather’
By PAUL REES Alex Sanderson says Sale will be a different proposition in the Premiership play-offs than they were two years...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoWhitten keen to finish on a high
By PAUL REES Exeter may be the underdogs in next Sunday’s Champions Cup semi-final against holders La Rochelle in Bordeaux, but...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoLawrence on fire as Bath find their mojo
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Harlequins ....................... 35pts Tries: Murley 6, Wallace 23, Smith 35, Gjaitema 55, Dombrandt 70 Conversions: Smith 7, 24,...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoBayliss: We are proud of our effort
Bath back rower Josh Bayliss, who came on early in the first half, felt their win against Harlequins showed that things...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoSimmonds lands late winner to stun Bears
By GARY FITZGERALD Exeter ................................ 22pts Tries: Whitten 25, Ewers 36, Iosefa-Scott 70 Conversions: J Simmonds 26, 71 Penalties: J Simmonds...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoWe made it far too easy for Exeter, admits coach Lam
Pat Lam was left with a sour taste in his mouth after watching his Bears fail to finish the job off...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoSale take hard route to land a home semi
By ADAM HATHAWAY Gloucester ....................... 22pts Tries: Ludlow 47, Rees-Zammit 56, May 80+2 Conversions: Hastings 48, 57 Penalties: Hastings 31 Sale...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoSharks told to get on fun bus
ALEX Sanderson, the Sale director of rugby, praised his side’s guts – then promised a big night out on the bus...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoCollins double keeps Saints in the running
By ROSS HEPPENSTALL Newcastle........................... 5pts Tries: Radwan 4 Northampton................... 66pts Tries: Mitchell 8, 57, Collins 15, 29; Augustus 40, Hill 44,...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoDowson lines up Leicester friendly
Tom Collins is hoping he has not made his final appearance for Northampton. The popular long-serving winger, whose brace against Newcastle...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoIrish must be sharp, says Van Rensburg
By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW... Saracens v London Irish Today. Kick-off 3pm, StoneX Stadium PUTTING a kitchen accident to one side, Benhard...
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